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The Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1951: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

First Quarter at

06:59UTC

Moon phase on November 6, 1951First Quarter

Tuesday 6 November 1951372,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 6, 1951, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
372,530 km231,480 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 1951 is on Tuesday, November 13, 1951 at 15:52 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 30, 1951 at 13:55 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 30, 195113:55
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 6, 195106:59
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 13, 195115:52

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Tuesday, November 6, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 30, 1951 to the new moon of November 29, 1951, a cycle of 29.46 days.